Who We Are

August 2014,

Our first PYP Unit of the year was Who We Are.

Our Lines of Inquiry:
-Roles and responsibilities that people have in a group
-Ways to provide and receive feedback
-Characteristics that make groups effective
-Skills individuals bring to a group

In this unit we did a lot of group work activities that helped us to uncover ways that people can effectively work together. Students learned through action and reflection what characteristics make groups work effectively and learned about their own skills that help a group to be successful. They were able to use this learning as they moved forward throughout the year, working in groups.

We are learned what effective communication is and why we need to use it. The goal was to communicate in order to pass the ball all the way back using only our feet and words.

We are learning what different kinds of roles people take on in groups such as a leader, organizer, etc. Our challenge was to build a robot out of these materials.